26-11-2025, 05:10 PM
To me, a stroke is when you put the nib against the surface and make a single fluid motion with your wrist, leaving behind a trail of ink (a line, a shape that can be formed in a single motion, without lifting the nib off the writing/drawing surface). This is of course just my own opinion as I do digital drawing - but that's vastly different from writing with a genuine quill pen that uses actual ink. Still, to me at least, this is the definition of a stroke.
When the writing is as tiny as in the VM your hand motions have to be careful and precise so the range of motion on your wrist is not very big here. Some scribes seem to have longer strokes than others. Not by much, the differences are subtle but it's there.
That said many factors can affect the writing. The nibs can start to wear out, one scribe may have better visual focus, slightly different way of holding the pen and so on.
When the writing is as tiny as in the VM your hand motions have to be careful and precise so the range of motion on your wrist is not very big here. Some scribes seem to have longer strokes than others. Not by much, the differences are subtle but it's there.
That said many factors can affect the writing. The nibs can start to wear out, one scribe may have better visual focus, slightly different way of holding the pen and so on.